Jacinda Ardern hits back at Trump over COVID remark, calls his statement 'patently wrong'

After United States President Donald Trump claimed that New Zealand is seeing a "surge" in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hit back by calling him “patently wrong”. Reports suggest that Trump enrd people of New Zealand when he told people in Minnesota that South Pacific country of 5 million people which h earlier succeeded in battling virus, is w in grip of a "terrible" upsurge in COVID-19 cases. On August 18, New Zealand reported 13 new infections, taking toll to 1,293, with 22 deaths. However, US has more than 5.2 million cases with 170,000 deaths. 

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NZ PM hits back at Trump

According to reports, while dressing crowd at Minnesota, Trump asked people if y knew what was happening in New Zealand. He said that a few days back y were on front p of newspapers for battling virus because y wanted to show him something. He ded that situation is w terrible and body wants that.

Hitting back at Trump, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that re is comparison between a few new cases in New Zealand and "tens of thousands" in United States. She said, people who are following transmission of coronavirus kw that one cant compare nine cases a day to thousands of cases in a day. He called Trump “patently wrong”. Prime Minister Ardern called New Zealand as one of best-performing countries in fighting virus. 

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According to reports, New Zealand`s death rate stands one of lowest in world at about 0.44 per 100,000 people. Even though New Zealand has set a benchmark in fighting pandemic, it recently reported a surge in cases. New Zealand's health authorities reported 13 new coronavirus cases on August 18, including a maintenance worker at a hotel quarantine facility in Auckland. Although origin of new cluster still remains unkwn, initial investigation pointed out frozen food arriving in country. However, in aftermath of investigations, authorities revealed that virus h t come through chilled services or material arriving from overseas at an Auckland facility. 

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